Les Voeux de la France, pour l'heueux anniversaire du IX aout, exprimés en 80 idiômes et caractères différent.
Paris: Imprimerie de Félix Locquin, 1831. 6 x 8 1/2. 86 leaves: half title, lithograph portrait, 3-page address, 80 typographic specimens, 2-page text. Type specimens are printed rectos only, within borders. Printed on blue, white, and pink paper. The white paper has some foxing. Contemporary blue morocco gilt, edges & wide turn-ins gilt, marbled endpapers. Joints slightly rubbed, few tiny scratches rear cover. Very good copy of this uncommon book. Inscribed by Marcel. Item #13974
A "poor man's" Oratio Dominica. In his dedication to King Louis-Phillippe, Marcel refers to the Oratio he printed in the Pope's presence. Here, in 80 languages and type faces the text beseeches a higher power to preserve the King and to hear the Wishes of the French people. Uncommon.
Provenance: Inscribed by Marcel to M. le Cte. de St. Thomas; purchased from Emil Offennbacher in 1952; Cornelius J. Hauck sale 2006.
Price: $1,200.00